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West Ham boss Bilic: What Payet told me before I went public...

West Ham boss Slaven Bilic has detailed his bust-up with Dimitri Payet.

Bilic wrote for the London Evening Standard: "This situation with Dimitri has been developing for a little while now. Two days ago, he and I had a meeting. I won't disclose what was said, but I was left in no doubt as to his intentions.

"Yesterday, just before the normal pre-match press conference, I asked Dimitri one more time: 'Are you standing by what you said a couple of days ago or have you thought more about it?' He replied that he was standing by his decision, so that was that. The right thing to do then was to tell the supporters and the players what was happening and I informed the squad later that morning, before we began training.

"It has left me sad, angry, but at the moment Dimitri has said he will not play for the club, so I have no alternative but to plan for Saturday's match without him. He will not train with the rest of the squad and the club's position remains consistent, which is that he is not for sale.

"It would be much, much better if this had not happened and that he had remained committed to West Ham, but that is not the case, so life goes on."

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